Befriending as an intervention for chronic depression among women in an inner city. 2: Role of fresh-start experiences and baseline psychosocial factors in remission from depression

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue MAR., 1999, Pages 225-232

  Harris, Tirril ^a   Brown, George W ^b   Robinson, Ruth ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032975667     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.3.225     Document Type: Article

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